Earthbound
By Saara El-Arifi
Started: 2026
Finished: 2026
Broken by love. Trapped by war. Bound by magic. Lettle is on a quest to uncover the truth. Along with the human Alder, the last of his kind, she sets off on an arduous journey of discovery. But after a painful separation from King Rayan, she is struggling to find her way. Alder is determined to learn more about his origins. With no memories of his childhood, he retraces his steps to the cave where it all began. But what he finds there may shake him to the core. Back in the fae court, Yeeran has other priorities. The warrior-turned-ambassador must negotiate a peace treaty with the elven army to save them all. But it’s hard to bargain with a duplicitous enemy. And it’s even harder to negotiate with a broken heart. Secrets ripple like an earthquake across the land and love and power is at the core of them all…
💠Review
Honestly, the creation myth and myths in general in this series were cool and just about the only thing carrying it.
There's a lot that didn't make sense nor was explained, plot points were abandoned left and right through this whole series. There was also barely any breathing room, because BOOM, more drama! It was exhausting.
Things were super inconsistent and the solutions were "convenient". Yeeran's mysterious connection with Pila(dunno how it's spelled), was just cropped up to "Oh, anyone in the cursed Fae city can become bound to an obeah." This huge mystery stretched across three fucking books, and that was the answer. Fuck off lmfao. Not to mention Yeeran was just...immune to shit. For no reason.
The characters, and even worse, the romances, were very shallow. I did not care for any of them. Well, I did like Golan(Golin?), but I felt like his relationship with the Fae prince was just? Forgotten about? LMFAO. I couldn't see why the characters liked each other, there was no chemistry at all.
I hated Lettle, holy shit.